Open a 800x600 canvas
transparent, background #000000.
Preset shape>rectangle>size 2>foreground-background color white.
Draw a rectangle on the center of the canvas.
Edit the nodes.
Add 4 nodes above the rectangle and 4 nodes on the bottom. Edit
nodes as shown on the screen shot.
Convert the image to raster layer. Make the rectangle selected, add
a raster and flood fill with any background you desire depending on
what type of card you are making. I am making an Easter card.
Adjust the opacity to 50 from the layer palette. Deselect and merge
the layer down .
Airbrush tool, size 50, color #85c9ef, settings below. Make the
image selected. Add a raster layer and airbrush the top part of the
image. Change the foreground color to #67881d, and airbrush the
bottom part of the image. See the screen shot.
Airbrush Setting
Adjust/ blur/ Gaussian blur 12. Then adjust the opacity to 70.
Deselect. Merge the layer down
Now let's add some images on the card. I will add some spring
images, mainly bunnies from my tutorial. You may use tubes of your
own or any images you wish to use for this tutorial.
Cut and paste each image to the card cells. Use the deformation tool
to angle or to resize the images to fit in the card. .(Press D for
deformation tool, then hold the shift key down and drag the corners
either upward or downward.)
After you added all the images, hide the background and merge the
layers visible.
Make the image selected. Selections>Modify>Contract by 4.
Selection>Invert. Add a raster layer and flood fill with white.
Deselect and merge the layer visible.
Now lets put some text or message inside the card. We will use the
text on the path. See text on the path tutorial.
Pen tool> point to point>size 3> color black. Make a point to point
line across the 4 folds. Add 3 nodes on the folds. Drag the first
and the first and the 3 nodes slightly up Press the shift key down
and click the 3 nodes on the center. Right click>node type>
Symmetric.
Text tool>create as floating. Point your mouse on the line. When you
see this
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Right click the mouse. Type your text and hit apply. Cut the
floating image and paste it as a new layer. Delete the line.
Pen tool>point to point>size 1>color black (#000000). Add a vertical
line for inside folds. Convert to raster layer.
Change the color to white, size 2 and add vertical lines for outer
folds. Convert to raster layer. Adjust> Blur > Gaussian Blur 1.
Merge the layers visible. See screen shot.
Selection tool>rectangle. Select the second fold from the left and
adjust>brightness and contrast -55. Select the second fold from the
right and adjust brightness and contrast -55. Deselect.
Check your image, if you are satisfied with what you see then merge
all the layers visible. Save your image and you are done.
End of Tutorial
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